"My work (as an analyst) is college football and I really do enjoy college football. I enjoy seeing some of the young kids who aren't expected to do well and take off. I do watch the Patriots closely because I do have a lot of close friends in the organization. And the Red Sox - we live and die Red Sox."

On Giants quarterback Eli Manning:

"Eli - phenomenal, unbelievable job. It's amazing. He keeps getting better. its amazing. His first couple years he competed and he did ok. And its just grown and grown. And Tom Coughlin is a great coach. He has all the tools."

On Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez:

"I feel for him, because he plays his ass off and if they don't win the game it gets thrown on his shoulders. there was a game a few weeks back, I don't know if it was a Sunday night or a Monday night that he was just, he was getting hit every time he threw. I thought, boy, he was standing in there and trying to deliver the ball, and the guys weren't (making plays). Sometimes you need to make a play for your guy to get it all going, and it just wasn't happening. I just shake my head at some of the ignorant comments that come out."

On what quarterbacks remind him of himself:

"The guy in the NFL right now is (Seattle Seahawks QB) Russell Wilson. No doubt about it. I have a strong connection with Russell. I root for him. It did not surprise me that he was named the starter right away. That did not surprise me at allâ¦.The guy in college right now that's really exciting that I love to watch is a guy named Johnny Manzel at Texas A&M. Guys that play a similar style that you did, you kind of just gravitate to them."

On new NFL rules that favor quarterbacks and passing:

"I get jealous of it, because it's the way I though from day one. I was talking with Drew Brees about itâ¦.I came back from Canada, where I just aired it out and called my own plays. He said 'You used to say, throw the ball on every down. Running the ball is a waste of time.' Run the ball when you're daring a team, a six to eight yard gain. Don't just hammer it up the middle. And that's what we do, we spread them out, we throw the ball. It's kind of what we did in Canada."